The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-07
TIE 1NlRCHLSTS.

cIcHency, inc Ihlc3go anarchists VIII dc
hanged on Friday, the 18th inst. A large
majority OF the people OF that city wish it
and the police demand il. The idea upper
most in the minds OF the latter il ven
geancc for their comrades the people, some
what, perhaps largely tnclurcd with the
same feeling, assert their desire for the
yindication OF the law. Outside Of ILL
nois, most Of those who havegivcn the sub
jcct consideration agree with ex-senator
Trmnbull, one Of the ablcst jursts in the
country that their imprisonment would
answer ever purpose. The trial Of these
men was not In every respect what 1t
should have been. The court was fever.
shly anxious, and some OF the influential
classes were clamorous. They could see
in the prisoners men only who were
pledged 10 the abrogation Of all property
rights and the merging Of all privileges in
common ownership. The average Amcri.
can, like the average Englshman, worships
propcrty-it is his god. Any aSsailment OF
IL Ii nm assailncnt OF the family
altar, and the assailant is, by common con-
sent, held TO he worthy Of death. II was
the assailmont Of thcpropcry Of the south
10y the anarchists OF the north that aroused
these States TO APPOINT Of defense in 1850,
and kept them in thctlcld until 1865. But
the anarchists, reinforced bya mob, each
individual Of which saw in the emergency
his opportunity, were the yictors They
swept away s., 100, 100000 Of property, the
only property that had been guaranteed
10y the constitution. and with il about
5000, 100000 more, the free will Offering
Of a people standing upright for their
natural and inherent rights OF scll-goy-
crnmcnt The anarchy that thus tri.
umphcd, and that for time ruled in and
robbed the southern States, has been H.
tent since 1876. IL contcntcd itself ior the
most part with the right oi free speech,
aud Most and Schwab and Spies were It's
opponents. They were harmless. There
was nothing 10 he feared from them. They
fumcd and lrttcd and strut,cd, and
talked, and spccchihcd. That is all. In
doing this they were exercising merely
constitutional right. There is no limit in
this country Ia the words man may utter
or the ideas lac may express. lie Is re-
sponsiblo for the abuse Of that right by a
process % criminal libel. That Is the lin.
i,ation Of Irco speech. But the people Of
Chicago recalled the agitation aud worly
warfare that preceded John Browns overt
act in Virginia, which they had aided and
abcttcd when banded together 10 rob the
south, and being now property owners 70
many Of them by their skill in futures" -
they became frightened. They ordered
out their police and the lIRymarkct
tragedy wri tho result. Sad ~ II wis.,
and daslardly and cowardly from any and
every point OF view, tho Chicagoans
merely capcd m they had sowcd.
The anarchy they encouraged between
1850 and 1865 tried its hand ia their midst
and II will do II nlnin. The execution Of
the condemned idiots, who took their cue
and their lesson from and ielt encouraged
by the anarchy that robbed the south,
will not stop IL. In the eyes Of their com.
panions, indeed u most Of the working
class,s Of the Union, they will be elevated
~ martyrs, as john Brown was, AMI they
will sing II their souls mirhing on
naphing on ~ spirit guides To point q
surcr AMI more excellent way to the con.
summation ct their absurd aud chimcricil
ideas. Tho anarchists are insane.
Hut thew nW many opposed To
them. crying ont Tor their blood, who
ar quito ~ mueh sp That they ought Ia
be- punished a. iisiurhers Of the poic' No.
one questions, hut "a judy, Trumhul
nys, they ought not To be- hanged i1r
murder hcclu.D They arr not guilty oI
physical assassination. The safeguards oi
life and property In mi, country depend
upon the common sense II the American
people Whcnoy,r 70 las boon appealed "a
IL has responded wi,hiuconscr,1iiyc limits
within these limits there Is absolute
security. Beyond them, ~ either cNtwmc,
thoro IL anarchy confusion, lear and the
bloody camor tlat fear In multitude,
bcgrts. n the anarchists ar Imprisoned
fpr ne they vii sink into insisnidranc
after short time, and their c,u~
will sink with them. The fang
of their partisus will have bcci
drawn aud lhcir teeth bOkon They vii
U be- shom Of their power ior further harm
The course purucl by the State oi Ncv
: York after the draft riots, compared will
which the Chicago not was rs men
, nightmare, is nn example Cor Illinois
U That no, has not since been repeated, an,
. Il Is not likely 10 De- IN this era. No ON
VI suffered death lor Il, save thosc who wen
u kiilcd In II as participants
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